Ssalefish GSO First Look #168 for 7.22.20
My family outside the San Diego Convention Center the last time I went to Comic Con International in 2015.
Wednesday, July 22nd - Sunday, July 26th would have been the 50th anniversary of Comic Con International in San Diego, an event I was lucky enough to have attended five out of six years between 2009 and 2015, but clearly couldn’t draw over 200,000 people those confines this year with the ongoing pandemic.
Many of the panels have migrated online, but you’ll be able to bring some of the spirit of the event home with you starting next Wednesday when we release a handful of what would have been convention exclusive collectibles into the stores! Among the available items will be the Playmates TMNT Retro Rotocast 6 Piece Set (basically exact re-productions of the original four Turtles, Shredder, and Master Splinter in a Turtle van box), the Diamond Select Muppets Band 5 Piece Set, and the Icon Heroes Star Trek the Next Generation Picard Bust immortalizing the facepalm meme!
I guess for cosplay you’ll just have to go on Instagram…
Next week’s Free Comic Book Summer offerings are:
Dark Ark Instinct
Horizon Zero Dawn - the first issue of the new series is coming August 5th with covers by Stanley “Artgerm” Lau and Peach Momoko among others!
Spider-Man Venom #1 - what would have been Virus’s first appearance!
Valiant Year of Heroes Special - featuring Bloodshot!
The following titles are scheduled to ship on Wednesday, July 22nd (Tuesday, July 21st for DC books) excluding some re-orders and providing nothing changes by the time the final invoice arrives on Monday:
Action Comics #1023 - Lucio Parrillo variant available for cover price!
Amazing Spider-Man Sins Rising #1 - setting up the next storyline of the ongoing series with a Boss Logic variant available for cover price!
Amethyst #4
Angel & Spike #12
Avengers by Jason Aaron TP Volume 6
Backfired #1
Bad Reception #5
Batgirl #47 - “Joker War” tie-in with a Terry Dodson variant available for cover price!
Batman #95 - (correction) “Joker War” part 1 with a cardstock Francesco Mattina variant available for premium cover price!
Batman Beyond #45 - Francis Manapul variant available for cover price!
Billionaire Island #3
Birthright #45
Bliss #1
Books of Magic #21
Canto & the Clockwork Fairies One-Shot - the independent sleeper of 2019 is BACK!
Chu #1 - a prequel to the blockbuster series Chew by John Layman & Rob Guillory!
Daredevil #21
DC Poster Portfolio Stanley “Artgerm” Lau TP Volume 2
Death or Glory #21
Decorum #3
Detective Comics #1024 - “Joker War” tie-in with a cardstock Lee Bermejo variant available for premium cover price!
Die #12
Empyre #2 - now a weekly event! I did not see that twist in the first issue coming! Nick Bradshaw, John Tyler Christopher “Action Figure”, Tony Daniel “Skrulls”, Alexander Lozano “Avengers”, Michael Cho “Fantastic Four”, and “Secret” variants available!
Empyre Avengers #1 - Kim Jacinto variant available for cover price!
Empyre X-Men #1 - Esad Ribic variant available for cover price!
Eternals by Jack Kirby Complete Collection TP
Flash #758 - In-Hyuk Lee variant available for cover price!
Folklords TP
G Fan #127
George R.R. Martin’s A Clash of Kings #5
G.I. Joe A Real American Hero Complete Silence #1 - reprinting the legendary Snake Eyes-centric original Marvel #21 along with “#21.5”, “Silence Between Borders”, still written by Larry Hama and drawn by our dearly-departed friend Jeremy Dale.
Green Hornet #1
Green Lantern & Green Arrow Space-Traveling Heroes HC
Hellions #2 - “Dawn of X” tie-in with a Butch Guice variant available!
Hollow #1
Hotell #3
Joker/ Harley Criminal Sanity Secret Files #1
Justice League Dark #24 - John Giang variant available for cover price!
Kidz #5
Last God #7
Lords of Empyre Emperor Hulkling #1 - Jen Bartel variant available!
Man Who Effed Up Time #4
Middlewest #18
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Beyond the Grid TP
Monstress #29
New Mutants #11 - Javier Rodriguez “Days of Future Past” variant available!
No Heroine #1
Power Rangers Ranger Slayer #1 - following up on the Free Comic Book Day special where Kimberly finally succumbed to Lord Drakon’s control! Foil variant available for premium cover price!
Red Sonja #17
Resistance #3
Shazam #13 - cardstock Julian Totino Tedesco variant available for premium cover price!
Sonic the Hedgehog #29
Space Bear HC
Star Wars Doctor Aphra #2 - can’t wait to listen to the new Aphra audiobook that comes out next week while I mow the lawn and drive back and forth from Concord! Sara Pichelli variant available for cover price!
Sweet Heart #2
Tartarus #4
TMNT Urban Legends #25
Transformers #21
Usagi Yojimbo #10 - exciting news about the new animated series on Netflix!
Vengeance of Vampirella #10
Vlad Dracul #1
Wicked Things #3
Wolverine #3 - “Dawn of X” tie-in with Tony Daniel, Greg Hildebrandt, and Tom Raney “Marvel Zombies” variants available!
Wynd #2
X-Force by Benjamin Percy TP Volume 1
X-Men/ Fantastic Four #4 - final issue with Mark Brooks “Connecting”, Chris Eliopoulos, and Meghan Hetrick “Flower” variants available for cover price!
Xira #1
Yasmeen #1